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Commonwealth of MaJJaobufitts.
BOSTON, Nov. 25, 1786.
Commander in Chief has received information, That
1 insurgents in different parts of the state, are again em
bodying themselves to obftrud the course of law, and the
administration of justice in this commonwealth.
The General Court, at their last l'eftion, convened for the
express purpose of hearing the various complaints existing in
’liferent parts of the state, have not only adopted every mea
sure for their removal, which, alter the moil serious delibe
ration, they thought consonant to justice and the common
good, but have taken the earliest opportunity of communi
cating their doitigs on that head to the public. Those very
measures, instead of giving quiet to mal-contents, have been
added to their catalogue of grievances, and fumilhed them
with new pretensions of complaint.
Hence it must be evident, that it is not within the reach of
the legislature, to fatisfy their demands, confidently with the
common interest. These outrageous proceedings therefore
cannot longer be conlidered as having any thing partial for
their objed, but as levelled at the very existence of govern-:
cicnt; and the period seems tP be fait approaching, when it
niuftbe determined.whether the good people of this common
wealth are to remain under the protedion of 'their present
free and excellent constitution, or submit their livesand their
property to the will of the mote rqftlefs and dangerous mem
bers of the Community.
The Commander ip Chief, relying with perfed confidence,
on the countenance and fuppoft of his fellow citizens, feels
himfelf bound by the mod l'acred obligations of duty, to at
tempt at all hazards, to crulli twery dangerous opposition to
government.
He therefore calls upon the Major-Generals in this Common
wealth, immediately to fee that their several divisions areper
fettly organized, compleatly equipped, and ready to take the
Ijeld at the fliorteft notice. He has perfect fatisfadion in the
belief, that the officers at this critical period especially, will
entertain so high a fenfeof duty, and of their responsibility to
their country, that no exertions on their part will be wanting
fully to carry these orders into efled: And he flatters him
felf, that their talk will not be arduous, as the good sense of
the muft evince the importance of these orders, and
induce a ready obedience.
JAMES BOWDOIN.
Extraft of a letter from Mantua, November 27.
V The Dutch consul at Medina had a 1110 ft amiable daughter,
about feveuteen years of age. Some devout women, who
yifited at her father’s, took it into their heads to convert the
lady, and make a fyint of her. They laid they could npt
bear the thought that such a perfed young creature ftiould
■ pne day or another fall a vidim to the devil. In order to place
her in the road to Heaven, and to enable her to merit salva
tion, they pioully began by persuading hey to 10b her father,
and to elope srom him byway of competing the good work.
The young lady being properiy wrought, till Ihe was convinc
ed that the robbery and flight which Ihe meditated, were
pious, confcientions ads, wanted only the means of carrying
them into execution; for this purpose the had given her two
father capuchins.—Thefe holy friars were acctiftomed to re
ceive alms at the consul’s house, who did not fufped their
intrigue; however the disciples of St. Francis carried off
every day some clothes, and other eflfeds belonging to the
young convert, in their bag, instead of provilions. At last,
the girl herfelf eloped, taking with her a purse of gold. Her
parents soon got intelligence of her, and were greatly fur
prized at her projed, and the caufc of her evasion ; but as
there was no remedy they bpre their misfortunes with tole
rable patience.
“ The new faint was received into a convent, and in due
time took the veil, and the usual vows ; —never to have a
heart susceptible of love : to submit to all the caprices of a
scolding old woman, and never to have any money but for
the use of the convent, and to give to friars. —This is my in
terpretation of the three vows of Chastity, Obedience, and
Poverty, exaded from nuns when they are profefled.
For more than three years nothing was talked of in Medina
but this holy conversation. They began to think of railing
the hundred thousand crowns, by public contributions, to pay
for her canonization after her decease. Some zealous preach
ers made it a pretext in their sermons to declare againftall
Protestants, and to announce it to be the forerunner of the
total ruin of England and Holland.”
A few EVENTS of 178 6,
I. The King of Great-Britain nearly frightened out of his
senses by an old woman, vyith a rusty case knife.
it Tories in Nova-Scotia rending the air with acclama*
tions of joy and Satisfaction for the launching a fchoontr at
Shelburne, after three years hard exertions.
3. The houlhold furniture of the heir apparent to the
Britiili crown fold at public vendue, to pay his debts.
4. The American carrying trade in the hands of the
Britilh and other foreigners—and our own veflels laying by
the walls.
5. American Patriots importing foreigners to navigate
their lliips, and doing ail in their power to discourage home
manufactures.
6. Men of neither honor, honejly or decency talking of
virtue and merit.
7. New-England men, who could imprison a Britilh army
in Bolton, insulted, with impunity, by a desperate banditti,
AUGUSTA, Jan. 6.
Tuefday last being the day appointed by the Constitution
for the meeting of the General Assembly of this State, but
did not make a House until yerterday, when they proceeded
to the choice of a Governor for the ensuing year, when
General GEORGE MATHEWS was elected to that im»'
portant trult.
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WILLIAM THOMPSON.
L 0 S T. "
BY the fubferiber on Saturday evening last, a black leather
Pocket-Book containing several valuable papers, and a
Tobacco Note, marked TH No. 516-1348 Pounds Grof»
162 Pounds Tare nB6 Pounds Nt. in my own Name. Who
ever will deliver the laid Tobacco Note with or without the
Pocket Book and Papers to Robert Efq. at Mr.
Fox’s, or to me Ihall receive five dollars Reward and no
quell ions alked.
THOMAS HARTON.
Augujla, Dectmb. 1786.